League

Vaticano
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Guaberto Todor kicked off to start the match. Renan Veiga blasted a shot towards the goal in the 3rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Leonardo Hodei having to make a save. Tage Axelsson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alejandro Foro in the 7th minute of play. In the 12th minute, Renan Veiga made a precise shot to the right of Leonardo Hodei. Dep. Francisco's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. Leonardo Hodei showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Renan Veiga in the 17th minute of the match. Tage Axelsson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alejandro Foro in the 19th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Renan Veiga in the 21st minute of play forced Dep. Francisco's goalkeeper Leonardo Hodei to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Leonardo Hodei didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Renan Veiga went, in the 24th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. In the 30th minute Guaberto Todor shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Leonardo Hodei saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The supporters of Springfield F.C. booed when Dep. Francisco was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 31 match minutes in a wonderful position. Leonel Hitz didn't get a good kick on the ball. Alejandro Foro received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 35th minute. Tage Axelsson tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With his leg Tage Axelsson managed to avoid a goal in the 39thth minute, when Dep. Francisco's Fabio Leizarraga fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Guaberto Todor scored 0-4 in the 41st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Leonardo Hodei, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. A collision led to Springfield F.C. getting a freekick after 45 minutes play. Cristian Argina hit a great ball.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Alejandro Foro stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After having played for 59 minutes, Guaberto Todor managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Springfield F.C.'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Guaberto Todor was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 64 minutes into the match, Renan Veiga dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Leonardo Hodei, 0-5. In the 69th minute, Alejandro Foro ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Tage Axelsson was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-5. Renan Veiga succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-6 in the 72nd playminute. Leonardo Hodei stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Renan Veiga's shot from short distance in the 77th minute. A collision led to Springfield F.C. getting a freekick after 80 minutes play. Paulo Pitin hit a great ball. In the 85th minute, Renan Veiga got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 88th minute of the game. One of Springfield F.C.:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Dep. Francisco:s goal. Leonardo Hodei didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 93rd minute, which inside left pole to 1-7. Fabio Leizarraga sent away a hard shot on goal in the 97th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Springfield F.C.'s players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.